Emerging Technology and R&D Branch Chief – DHS Employment

Position Summary:

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading the branch’s advocacy efforts for increased funding for R&D priority focus areas to expand the potential results and alternatives that meet the organization’s capability requirements or close a capability gap
• Plan, conduct or oversee comprehensive technology research to evaluate potential vulnerabilities in cyberspace systems
• Collaborating with division leaders to identify emerging technology factors that may negatively impact capability development and capability delivery (i.e., cost or time to develop or acquire, alignment with CSD’s mission)
• Serving as a technical expert to identify emerging technology in the context of cybersecurity threats, focusing on adversary capabilities, current or expected limitations in addressing these threats at scale, and quantifying the technology transformation needed to respond to these threats and mitigate the risk to Federal Departments and Agencies and U.S. Critical Infrastructure
• Overseeing early-stage research, aligning research goals and objectives with the organization’s current and evolving mission needs, leveraging results as inputs to the strategic planning and resource planning process
• Overseeing the cultivation of opportunities for pilot programs for feasibility studies, Limited Technical Assessments (LTAs) that apply pilot capabilities in conditions with narrow mission scope, and Limited Objective Experiments (LOEs) that apply pilot capabilities in conditions with broader scope and real-world scenarios
• Conduct technology and/or feasibility research, development, and assessments
• Managing staff and subordinate managers to address the increasing pervasiveness of unauthorized activity targeting Federal
• Departments and Agencies and U.S. Critical Infrastructure and mapping these technologies to specified technology gaps that may require research and development
• Serving as an R&D technical expert in the identification of emerging technology trends and describing how these technologies potentially introduce risk to business and mission environments as well as leading team to find mitigations
• Managing and collaborating with staff and subordinates on new or additional research and development that would enhance CSD’s capability and capacity to execute mission or resolve a specific mission challenge
• Provided, build, test and support a prototype capability and/or evaluate its security and utility
• Overseeing the branch’s efforts to apply new or emerging technology to produce business or mission improvements, address identified gaps or limitations, or eliminate redundancy
• Collaborating with leaders and technical experts across CISA on innovation and technology transformation through the application of lessons learned from recent significant incidents and events
• Ensure appropriate security measures are considered throughout each phase of the R&D lifecycle
• Overseeing and managing teams to foster new and novel ways to meet mission requirements (e.g., enhanced visibility, applying advanced analytical techniques, rapid response and mitigation) through the application of emerging technology and technical approaches

Required Education & Experience:

• Have 5+ years of leadership experience
• You must be a U.S. Citizen or national.
• May be required to serve a 3 year probationary period.
• Must be able to comply with ethics and standards of conduct requirements, including completing any applicable financial disclosure.
• You must be 18 years of age.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance.
• Must be able to submit to a drug test and receive a negative result.
• Must be registered for the Selective Service (if you are a male).
• Have 12+ years of cybersecurity work experience